Judas Priest are an Inglishivy metal baund frae Birmingham, Ingland formed in 1968. They hae been citit as an influence on mony hivy metal muisickers an baunds. Their popularity an status as ane o the definitive hivy metal baunds haes earned them the nickname "Metal Gods" frae their sang o the same name. They hae sauld ower 35 million albums warldwide.